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Behind China's Great Firewall

Posted by timothy on from the draws-attention-to-what's-blocked dept.

DigitalDame2 writes "In light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, more scrutiny is being placed on China's Web-filtering practices. In May, China's technology minister, Wan Gang, told Reuters China he would 'guarantee as much [access] as possible,' defending Web limitations as necessary to protect the country's citizens. Truly understanding this cat-and-mouse game means taking a close look at what exactly the government filters out, how the Great Firewall works, and how others have found ways around it."

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  1. Firewall tech by mactard · · Score: 5, Funny

    I honestly want to see pictures of that thing. I mean, every single packet that goes in and out of China goes through a giant box. That thing has to be huge to filter any sort of serious bandwidth.

  2. Re:Silver lining... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do you hate children so much? Are you some kind of cold, heartless terrorist?

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